Method of making jewelry



Sept. 20, w. PETERS METHOD OF MAKING JEWELRY Filed June 25, 1929Patented Sept. 20, 1932 l nanny w. ra'rnas, or Bos'ro t;

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Application filed June 25,

This invention relates to a method of makin jewelry, one of the objectsbeing to pro vide an improved means whereby links of bracelets, and

similar articles, can be cheaply made, the resultant article beingsimple and durable. I r

Another object is to provide a a method whereby the articles can beproduced in quantities by the minimum number of operations, therebymaterially reducing the cost of production. a

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

' In the accompanying drawing the preferred. form of the inve tion hasbeen illustrated. r a

In said drawing,

Figure l is anedge view of a blank strip from which the frames of thearticles of jewreference, 1- designates elry can be produced.

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof. Figure 3 is an elevation of a frameformed from the strip material shown in Figures 1 and2.' r

Figure 4 is a front elevation showing a stone assembled withthe frame, apart of the stone being broken away. r

Figure 5 is aside elevation of the structure shown in Figures 4,portions thereofbeing in section.

Figure 6 is a of frame. p I

Figure 7 is a section on line 7-7, Figure 6.

plan view'of a modified form Figure 8 is a front elevation showingtheframe with a stone seated therein, a portion being broken away. f r aReferring to the figures by characters of a strip of metal rolled orotherwise formed into desired shape. This metal can be made in a longribbon and can be cut to lengths and bent transversely as indicated bydotted lines at 2 so as to produce a means of hard solder orthe like, t

itre 3, one or more 0 i929.- serm harvests; n g V frame of anydesired-contouri as indicated at 3. The ends of. the strip canbefilinedb ese e'n v being indicated at 4. a

If desired the strip 1, when rolled or "other-- I! a be positioneddirectly back of the protuber- 6 i ances 5. v I After a stone has beenlaced inthe frame the protuberances 5-;can. edriven inwardly, so as todisplacemetalinto the recesses fthese protuberances will This willrslllt in keying the stone to the frame so that'it becomes impossible toremove it. At thesame'time there-is'no visible evi- 'dence of the meanswhereby the stone is held in place. In Figures 4 and 5 the inwardlydisplaced metal has been'indicated at 8. v

It is to be understood that, if desired, the strip 1 can be formedwithout the protuberances 5 and, instead, both faces can be made plainor the outer face can be suitably ornal 'mented. After the frame. from astrip and a recessed stone or the like inserted into the frame, portionsof the metal has been formed of the strip can be forced inwardly intotheI I recesses in the stone, leaving depressions in the outer surface ofthe strip. These depres n sionscan be part of a suitable designappearingonthe outer surface. g

' Instead of forming the frames out of strips of metal'cut and bent asexplained, eaelfjfiame can be cut-in one piece out of a-relatively'thick sheet of metal. One of these modified forms of frames has beenillustrated in Figures 6, 7, and 8. The frame 9canbe of any desiredcontour and has an opening 10 cut therethroughyportions of the wall ofthisv opening being relatively thin where the inner surface'approachesthe outer surface of the frame as shown at 11. Thus a stoneor the like indicated at 12 whichfiis shaped to fit snugly in theopening 10 can be placed in said opening after recesses 13 have beenformed in theperiphery ofthe stone at points adapted to match the thinportions of the wall of the frame.

Following the foregoing operation the thin portions of the wall can bepressed or hammered inwardly to form protuberances :14 adapted toextend-into the recesses 13. The resultant'recesses 15 in the outeredges ofthe frame can be utilized as portions of ornamentation providedalong the edge of the frame. rticles of jewelry such as described can beused as bracelet links, watch charms, stick pins, breast pins, and thelike, The;invention, as before explained, is particularly advantageousbecause of the easewith which the structures can be i produced, therebadapting them for quantity production at low c'ost'of labor.

*- What is claimed is; a i s by an article'may be produced withduplicate opposed faces, which includes the step of orming an elon no eson one ace, cutting the-"strip into lengths each of which is-adapted toform a rame, ending one-of the lengths and join-' ing its ends to form aframe having opposed aces open,insertinginto the frame throughe'itheropen face a stone or the like rovided with marginal recessesadapted to e closed the walls of the frame, and finally disp acing thenodes'inwardly into the recesses to hold the-stone or the likeagainst'removal through either open face of the frame.

n testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I'have hereto aflixedmy signature.

7 HENRY W. -PETERS.

In jewelry construction the-method whereated metal strip with spaced

